Tag: Mathematics
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Beyond the Numbers: Caitlyn’s Story
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For Caitlyn, math is her ‘thing’ – from working on homework with her dad at the kitchen table, to high school calculus, to the UW-Green Bay Mathematics and Statistics Major. But Caitlyn isn’t just solving equations in her notebooks or conquering challenging courses. She’s calculating the thrust-to-weight ratio for NASA-sponsored program rockets, designing and executing…
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Rising in Two Languages
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¿Hablas español? That’s good news! Not just because you can converse with over 580 million Spanish speakers worldwide, but also because fluency in a second language can add real value to virtually any degree. “Helping my parents navigate daily life in English made me realize the power of being bilingual.” Karen Navarro and Kateri Estrella,…
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UW-Green Bay’s John Luczaj and Mark Norfleet coauthor article
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UW-Green Bay’s John Luczaj (Geoscience) recently published an article in the journal Hydrology. The article entitled “Stable isotopic evaluation of recharge into a karst aquifer in a glaciated agricultural region of Northeastern Wisconsin, USA,” is coauthored by UW-Green Bay’s Mark Norfleet (Mathematics), former Environmental Science and Policy graduate student, Amber Konrad, and University of Washington…
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Celebrate the retirement of Prof. James Meyer!
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Please join us on May 9 to celebrate the retirement of James Meyer (Mathematics and Statistics) after 20 years at UW-Green Bay! The party will take place in the conference room of ES317 from 11am-12:30pm. Cake and refreshments will be provided.
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Help celebrate the career of Professor Steve Meyer!
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Please join us on May 10 to celebrate Steve Meyer’s retirement after 22 years at UW-Green Bay! The party will be from 12:30-2:00pm in LS 468. Cake and refreshments will be provided.
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Celebration of life for Prof. Robert “Bob” Wenger being held March 25
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A celebration of life for Prof. Robert “Bob” Wenger will be held at the Mauthe Center, adjacent to the Green Bay Campus on March 25, 2023 at 1 p.m. Dr. Wenger, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. He had a long and distinguished career at UW-Green Bay as a professor of mathematics. See…
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UW-Green Bay and its extended community mourn the loss of Prof. Robert Bob Wenger
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Prof. “Bob” Wenger passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Prof. Wenger served the UW-Green Bay community as a professor of mathematics in the Natural and Applied Sciences faculty for 30 years, joining the University as an assistant professor of mathematics in 1969, and achieving the title of full professor in 1985. That same…
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UW-Green Bay community mourns the loss of Tonya Estebo
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UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus and the entire University community mourn the loss of Marinette Campus instructor Tonya Estebo. “Tonya has been a beloved member of the Marinette Campus for many years serving in the important role of our mathematics instructor for the 1,000’s of students who have come through our doors. Tonya’s never-ending dedication to…
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Prof. Lybbert awarded mini-grant from UW System’s OPID
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Congratulations to Associate Prof. Bree Lybbert (Chemistry) for winning a UW System Spring Teaching and Learning Conference mini-grant for her project, Gamifying Math Content: Critical Thinking in Introductory Chemistry. This year UW System’s Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) awarded six $500 implementation mini-grants for UW faculty and instructors to try out an idea generated at its…
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Campus mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Tian You Hu
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UW-Green Bay mourns the loss of UW-Green Bay Professor Emeritus Tian You Hu. He passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 after a battle with COVID-19. He was a Mathematics professor and served as former chair of the program. He retired from Natural and Applied Sciences in 2016 after 25 years of dedication and service…